🦋 Family

Veliidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Veliidae

Rhagovelia plumbea is a small veliid water strider found across multiple regions of the Americas.

Rhagovelia obesa is a smaller water strider species of the Veliidae family found in North America.

Velia caprai is a small stouter-bodied veliid water bug with a chemical defense that lets it survive brown trout predation.

Microvelia americana, the Broad-Shouldered Water Strider, is a small Veliidae water strider species found in North America.

Microvelia pulchella is a small New World water strider species in the Veliidae family.

Microvelia macgregori is a tiny veliid bug endemic to New Zealand, the only Veliidae found there, living on New Zealand aquatic water surfaces.

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